Richard Pryor Movies

TV special starring Lily Tomlin

In the fourth installment of the Zeitgeist series, director Peter Joseph explorers the fundamental incompatibility of our economy and the culture it...

Television special taped before a live studio audience at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California on March 25, 1983, and broadcast on...

Attorney Michael Cannon leaves his Boston law firm to become director of the Neighborhood Law Office, where he guides three law students on a case...

A chronicle of the 1975 International Press Conclave hosted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over two days in May 1975.

Sid Caesar is a bumbling gopher to a mob boss who must recover a fortune in cash stowed in the suit of a corpse.

A thoughtful and humorous navigation of personal conversations on mental health, through the lens of a group therapy session led by some of today's...

An exploration of the history of the word throughout its inception to present day. Woven into the narrative are poetry, music, and commentary from...

In the late 1950s, a fresh, unconventional style of standup comedy emerged in sharp contrast to the standard "Take my wife, please" approach. It...

A compilation film of stand up performances and comedy routines featuring some of the biggest stars in the early years of television. This film was...

“WINTER, 1973. Late afternoon: the entr'acte between dusk and darkness, when the people who conduct their business in the street -- numbers...

The story of how the radical Huey P. Newton developed the Black Panther Party based on his 10-point program for social reform.

Donna Bon Viant (Belaine) is a college student, who has to complete an assignment on the 14th century for her African American literature class. She...

A documentary film about the Afro-American Woodstock concert held in Los Angeles seven years after the Watts riots. Director Mel Stuart mixes footage...

A documentary juxtaposing the events of the 20th century with the commentary of stand-up comedians.

Called “quite possible the most intuitively funny woman alive” by the New York Times television critic Jack Gould, this in-depth...

A white man goes on trial for having raped a black woman.

This oddball counterculture comedy/drama follows Zalman King through a series of kooky misadventures while he searches for his life's purpose in New...

Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin' is the first stand-up act of Richard Pryor to be filmed out of the four that were released in total. This film was...

A two-hour television special on the life of Richard Pryor featuring interviews by those close to him, focusing on his contributions to standup...